gargoyle

• n. 滴水嘴

詞源同gargle, 漱口聲。用來指建筑物上安裝的怪獸噴水嘴。

gargoyle

gargoyle: [15] The ancient root *garg-, *gurgoriginated as an imitation of throat sounds. From it were derived such guttural words as Greek gargaraaizein ‘gargle’ (whence Latin gargarizāre ‘gargle’) and Latin gurguliō ‘gullet’ (Latin gurges, source of English gorge and regurgitate, had moved further figuratively to ‘whirlpool’).

Among the offspring of gurguliō are Vulgar Latin *gurguliāre, source of English gurgle [16], and Old French gargouille ‘throat’. Roof spouts carved in the shape of grotesque creatures had the term gargouille applied to them from the notion that the rain-water was coming out of their throats – hence English gargoyle. Gargouille also formed the basis of the verb gargouiller ‘gargle, gurgle’, from which English gets gargle [16].
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gargoyle (n.)

"grotesque carved waterspout," connected to the gutter of a building to throw down water clear of the wall, common in 13c.-16c. buildings; late 13c., gargoile, also garguile, gargule, etc., "carved mouth of a rain spout, a gargoyle," from Old French gargole, gargoule "throat;" also "carved downspout," in the form of a serpent or some other fanciful shape, also from Medieval Latin gargola, gargulio (see gargle (v.)). "An archaic spelling, retained in books; better gargoil or, in more modern form gargel" [Century Dictionary].

1. We suppose that you're carving gargoyle up in the corner of this building .

我們假設你在雕刻建筑高處的某一角上的滴水嘴怪。

來自辭典例句

2. His disfigured face was like some avenging nemesis of gargoyle design.

他那張破了相的臉,活象面目猙獰的復仇之神.

來自辭典例句

3. His face was the gargoyle of the devil, it was not human , it was not sane.

他的臉簡直就像魔鬼模樣的屋檐滴水嘴.

來自教父部分

4. Week of Gargoyle: Double growth for Gargoyle and O idia Gargoyles.

石像鬼周: 石像鬼產量加倍.

來自互聯網

5. Summon Gargoyle ( Tier 5 ) now has a 3 minute cooldown, down from 5.

召喚石像鬼 ( 第5層 ) 冷卻從5分鐘減少到3分鐘.

來自互聯網